Cyprus in 1952

Cyprus National Geographic Photos 1952 Photographs taken from a National Geographic article on Cyprus, dating from 1952. Click on a picture to see a larger version of that picture.

Peristerona."Minaret and belfry link East and West, Moslem and Christian"	Farmer tossing wheat	Cypriot farmer
Paratrooper with bagpipes in Kyrenia	Baking bread in traditional oven	"Mystic blue spots 'protect' oxcarts"
Man on cart carrying Cyprus jugs	Famagustan beauty dressed in silk finery	British Governor inspecting the Cyprus Regiment
Vineleaves for dolmades.	Scene from Karpas peninsula	Empire Day in Famagusta harbor
Turkish elder man shopping in Famagusta	Girl with flatbasket	Girls in Classic Greek attire during flower fiest.
Yialousa beauty offering traditional delicacy	Helen of 1928, after 24 years	Panoramic view of Kalopanayiotis village
Kornos women making pottery	View of Kyrenia castle from the sea	Kyrenia
Panoramic aerial view of Kyrenia	Boys in the Limassol harbor	Two girls from Limassol
Where is the donkey?	Street in Nicosia	Dome paintings of Lagoughera church
Papoutsosyka- Babutsa	British paratrooper	Phiti woman weaving
Cypriot family in the fields	Shepherd with his flock	Shepherd
Yialousa women making and weaving silk	Boat race outside Kyrenia sea wall	Gothic cathedral of St Nicholas, now a mosque
Turkish Cypriot girls